Bloc Party

The sun is shining, birds are singing, my puppy is asleep, and I'm writing reviews. Today, it's Future Echoes by NOVACUB. Who are NOVACUB? They're an indie-pop quartet, including two members of Bloc Party (maybe you've heard of them). …

She's back. A marathon episode of NO ENCORE welcomes the returning Zara Hedderman, rising Dublin dance duo Le Boom, the new album from Robyn and about 10 different gig reviews. ? ACT ONE: The gang run the rule over live turns from…

Colm breaks the band up this week as he absconds across the water for a wedding. Luckily, the good ship NO ENCORE stays afloat thanks to the presence of the returning Celina Murphy. On the agenda; some frankly ludicrous news stories…

Recorded before the insecure drummer from The Blizzards @'ed Craig on Twitter, the latest NO ENCORE is a whirling dervish of life, love, the future and wait no hang on that's not what we're about at all. It's a music podcast, so let's talk…

Bloc Party HYMNS Christ. There's connotations that come with calling an album 'HYMNS' and stating that it's a record about “faith and devotion”. Unless it's obviously tongue it cheek, it comes across as unbelievably pretentious. It…

Better late than never, eh? You may recall our 10 Worst Songs of Halfway Through 2015, which saw The Prodigy emerge with the impressive feat of taking all 10 slots with the horrific, irredeemable, tone-deaf, hypocritical and just plain…